Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:983. 1753
Verified:
09/09/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
box – boxtree – boxwood – boxwoodtree – Caucasian boxwood – common box – common boxwood – European box – French boxwood – Persian boxwood – Turkish boxwood – Portuguese (Brazil)
árvore-da-caixa – buxinho – buxo – Swedish
buxbom –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Libya, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran, Turkey
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 |
| Materials | wood | | Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=8212.
Accessed 10 November 2024.